More research and better behaviour
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation improves COPD [Full text]

	Malaria is overdiagnosed in Tanzania [Full text]

	Acupuncture helps treat osteoarthritis [Full text]

	Reviewing orthopaedics for osteoarthritis [Full text]

	Economic evaluations exclude important health consequences [Full text]

Editorials

	Legislation on smacking
	Sarah Stewart-Brown
	BMJ  2004;329:1195-1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1195 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Standardisation of glycated haemoglobin
	Philip Home, Jean-Claude Mbanya, Ed Horton
	BMJ  2004;329:1196-1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1196 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Full engagement in health
	Angela Coulter, Deborah Rozansky
	BMJ  2004;329:1197-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1197 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating insomnia
	Anne M Holbrook
	BMJ  2004;329:1198-1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1198 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Revisiting phenobarbital for epilepsy
	Rajendra Kale, Emilio Perucca
	BMJ  2004;329:1199-1200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1199 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Vested interests doom puny healthcare interventions
	Douglas J Carnall
	BMJ  2004;329:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Comfort of cycling needs to be akin to that of using cars
	Michael J McGrath
	BMJ  2004;329:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Perception of safety is biggest obstacle
	Patrick Lingwood
	BMJ  2004;329:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Author's reply
	David Ogilvie
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How to deal with influenza: Fever may be used as treatment
	Alan W Fowler
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How to deal with influenza: Author's reply
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references w1 - w10]

	How to deal with influenza: Worthwhile surveillance system is in action
	Catherine Quigley, Will Sopwith, Matthew Ashton
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National service framework for children: Framework ignores children's growth
	Tam Fry
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National service framework for children: Framework shows a new vision of health, in life
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Headline about basal cell carcinoma was misleading
	David A Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2004;329:1239-1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Editorial made no sense of rising rates
	Christoph C Lees
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Caesarean section on demand is obstetric dilemma
	Venu Jain
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Reducing caesarean section rates should not be the primary objective
	Michael R Odent
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Trials and speaking with patients take time
	Guillaume Gorincour, Sébastien Tassy
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Doctors angry as smoking ban is limited and delayed until 2008
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1201 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Russia fails to ban drinking in public despite soaring alcoholism
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland to ban smoking in enclosed public places
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks of painkillers
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA will increase postmarketing surveillance of drugs
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government tightens rules for drug regulators
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Use of drug eluting stents increases in the US but only for some groups
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Authority consults public on paying women £1000 to donate eggs
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity aims to distribute donated drugs to developing countries
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	MPs criticise waste of public money on suspensions
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Coroner criticised over conduct of SARS inquest
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Risk factors for death in infancy persist into older age groups in England and Wales
	Raghav Chawla
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Practice based commissioning may not work for mental health
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Threat of new European legislation to health care exaggerated
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Depression and obesity are major causes of maternal death in Britain
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Quality of UK consumer health tests to be scrutinised
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ranbaxy withdraws all its AIDS drugs from WHO list
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	Doctors should have a greater role in organising health services
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Drug company influence extends to nurses, pharmacists, and patient groups
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors in Nigeria strike over wages
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Two test cases in Holland clarify law on murder and palliative care
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Vote of no confidence tabled in health policies of the Welsh Assembly
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-f [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes?
	BMJ  2004;329:1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1207 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and full methodological details]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;329:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1208 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Acupuncture as a complementary therapy to the pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial
	Jorge Vas, Camila Méndez, Emilio Perea-Milla, Evelia Vega, María Dolores Panadero, José María León, Miguel Ángel Borge, Olga Gaspar, Francisco Sánchez-Rodríguez, Inmaculada Aguilar, Rosario Jurado
	BMJ  2004;329:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38238.601447.3A, (Published 19 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	The orthopaedic approach to managing osteoarthritis of the knee
	Sam Gidwani, Adrian Fairbank
	BMJ  2004;329:1220-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1220 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w13]

	Lesson of the week: Gastric rupture associated with use of the laryngeal mask airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
	Nathaniel Haslam, G Claire Campbell, John E Duggan
	BMJ  2004;329:1225-1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of preterm birth: Feeding the preterm infant
	William McGuire, Ginny Henderson, Peter W Fowlie
	BMJ  2004;329:1227-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Overcoming apathy in research on organophosphate poisoning
	Nick A Buckley, Darren Roberts, Michael Eddleston
	BMJ  2004;329:1231-1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values?
	Joanna Coast
	BMJ  2004;329:1233-1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Press: How "suicide" coverage went off the rails
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2004;329:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1243 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Lessons from the end of a life
	Ros Levenson
	BMJ  2004;329:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1244 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins
	Daniel Wheeler
	BMJ  2004;329:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1245 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: GUBU: grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2004;329:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1245-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1246 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: MRI is more accurate than mammogram in high risk patients
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sundowning on a sunny day in Cornwall
	Simon Noble
	BMJ  2004;329:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: With a pinch of salt
	Douglas Model
	BMJ  2004;329:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Safety of antipsychotic drugs for pregnant and breastfeeding women with non-affective psychosis
	BMJ  2004;329:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1236 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Combined use of rapid D-dimer testing and estimation of clinical probability in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis: systematic review
	BMJ  2004;329:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1236-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	A locum agency offered me a job as a senior house officer in obstetrics and gynaecology. This was confirmed by a letter. When I arrived, the job was not in my specialty. My registration with the General Medical Council says that I cannot work in any other specialty. I want to be fairly compensated by the hospital for the psychological and financial damage, but I don't want to take legal action. Can you help?
	Adam Harrison
	BMJ  2004;329:s206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s206, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a general practitioner interested in training in cognitive behaviour therapy. Are there any GPs who have done this who are working in sessions outside general practice in which they use CBT, and in which setting?
	Philip Crocket
	BMJ  2004;329:s206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s206-a, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What opportunities exist in organ transplant surgery in the United Kingdom? What are the pros and cons of a career in transplant surgery?
	Zain Khalpey
	BMJ  2004;329:s206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s206-b, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Moving out of the comfort zone
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s207, (Published 20 November 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Forensic gynaecology
	Jan Welch
	BMJ  2004;329:s207-s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s207-a, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hope at Havens
	Jan Welch
	BMJ  2004;329:s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s210, (Published 20 November 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fault lines
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2004;329:s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s211, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gynaecological teaching associates
	Lucy Cowdrey
	BMJ  2004;329:s212-s213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s212, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do you make decisions? Thinking and feeling
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2004;329:s213-s214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.s213, (Published 20 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Harry Urban (Garri Semionovitch Urban)
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2004;329:1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1241 [Extract] [Full text]

	Clifford Ashton
	Colin Mackenzie
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242 [Extract] [Full text]

	Lorna Mary Harris
	Roger Gee
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Alastair Hillary
	Sue Cunningham
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Walker Sinclair Irwin
	J I Logan
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Valiyezhuth Krishnankutty Jayaram
	J E D Charles-Jones
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip Kessly
	Krishna Somers
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Theodore Francis Redman
	Jack Dewhurst
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Christopher John Sharples
	W M Fleetwood, S R C Dougherty
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Community pulmonary rehabilitation after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: randomised controlled study
	William D-C Man, Michael I Polkey, Nora Donaldson, Barry J Gray, John Moxham
	BMJ  2004;329:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38258.662720.3A, (Published 25 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: CONSORT checklist][extra: Consort checklist] FREE

	Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study
	Hugh Reyburn, Redepmta Mbatia, Chris Drakeley, Ilona Carneiro, Emmanuel Mwakasungula, Ombeni Mwerinde, Kapalala Saganda, John Shao, Andrew Kitua, Raimos Olomi, Brian M Greenwood, Christopher J M Whitty
	BMJ  2004;329:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38251.658229.55, (Published 12 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

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